FEBRUARY 15, 2009

Published 12:00 am Sunday, February 15, 2009

Christian and Brough, one of the early automobile dealers in Vicksburg, was located at Washington and Jackson streets and had the franchises for Packard, Hudson and Essex automobiles. Note the old-fashioned gasoline pump on the sidewalk next to the pickup and the sign in the window advertising Fisk tires. The photo probably was taken in the mid-1920s. J.C. Christian and K.M. Brought owned the business and they could be called at 936. The photo is from the Old Court House Museum collection.

Historic photos taken in and around Vicksburg are featured on Sundays in The Vicksburg Post. Many of the photos are from the J. Mack Moore Collection at the Old Court House Museum. Though not all photos were taken by Mr. Moore, they are part of the collection given to the museum by longtime Vicksburg Post managing editor Charles J. Faulk. Appropriate photos from the public will also be accepted and published. To submit a photo, contact Karen Gamble at 636-4545.

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